1968 10 - daily - mean of NCEP mean Daily Air temperature at 2 m, degK. BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 269.1 268.5 268.7 269.0 269.7 270.0 269.3 268.9 268.9 268.8 268.5 268.1 267.2 266.8 266.7 266.4 266.7 266.1 265.0 264.6 264.4 264.3 264.7 265.0 264.3 263.6 263.1 262.1 261.1 260.5 260.9 34 Hudson Bay 280.1 277.1 274.7 273.2 274.7 275.8 276.6 276.1 275.8 276.1 276.5 276.9 278.2 278.2 276.9 275.5 276.0 276.1 275.4 274.6 273.6 272.2 271.5 272.3 272.2 272.1 270.4 269.8 270.2 271.5 273.2 36 Hudson Strait 275.9 276.2 276.7 277.3 274.9 273.2 272.2 273.2 273.1 274.4 276.3 275.8 274.7 275.4 277.2 273.1 270.4 272.0 270.0 272.7 273.6 270.9 269.4 272.2 273.6 273.4 272.6 272.5 270.5 269.8 271.3 98 Bering Strait 270.4 271.1 271.6 269.7 267.4 266.4 266.7 268.5 270.1 268.5 266.9 265.0 262.5 261.3 261.4 262.2 262.2 260.3 258.1 260.6 261.1 259.7 261.6 264.3 264.4 262.7 263.3 262.0 260.6 261.3 262.9 128 Arctic subocean 249.7 248.6 251.5 256.9 260.5 259.6 263.2 266.1 262.9 260.2 254.7 249.8 247.3 246.3 246.2 243.6 242.8 242.8 246.5 246.8 249.1 247.4 250.3 254.5 251.5 242.5 242.7 240.7 243.8 244.2 246.3 130 Chukchi Sea 268.4 269.5 268.2 267.3 265.5 267.4 269.7 272.3 273.2 271.5 269.1 269.2 267.4 264.6 262.4 261.6 261.4 262.9 261.0 264.0 264.2 261.5 263.1 266.1 264.6 262.9 263.7 262.0 263.6 266.0 268.3 132 Beaufort Sea 271.8 270.0 272.4 274.3 273.5 270.6 268.1 267.0 268.6 268.6 268.1 268.2 267.2 266.4 266.2 266.4 270.2 270.5 268.9 266.7 266.6 268.3 269.4 270.6 269.7 268.1 266.4 268.8 268.2 267.1 264.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.7 262.1 262.1 264.8 266.4 268.0 267.8 266.8 264.5 264.3 259.7 260.4 262.5 262.7 261.6 258.4 259.3 265.8 264.9 259.8 256.2 254.9 257.5 261.1 258.1 254.1 253.8 251.4 250.7 252.0 254.1 136 Foxe Basin 269.9 270.6 270.9 270.3 269.6 269.9 271.0 270.3 268.3 268.1 268.1 266.5 267.4 270.4 271.5 270.1 267.6 267.8 269.2 269.3 268.6 267.4 266.2 263.9 264.0 266.1 266.7 265.1 267.9 269.2 266.3 138 Baffin Bay 249.5 251.5 255.0 260.0 262.9 263.1 263.6 265.9 262.2 260.3 252.8 250.1 245.7 245.8 247.9 248.9 249.2 249.7 252.7 253.7 254.0 254.4 255.8 254.0 251.8 248.7 245.2 243.0 244.6 249.7 256.2 139 South Greenland 255.6 257.1 256.8 259.0 263.1 267.9 265.7 262.4 262.1 260.9 257.0 253.7 250.6 249.4 251.0 257.5 257.9 260.2 260.5 259.9 255.6 258.3 260.2 256.8 253.9 251.2 251.4 252.7 254.3 256.0 256.3 140 Greenland Sea 247.3 247.4 248.8 253.0 257.7 261.4 256.3 261.5 262.3 257.2 254.5 248.0 244.6 240.9 239.8 241.8 243.4 242.0 242.6 245.0 244.7 247.0 250.0 250.3 248.6 245.5 240.3 236.0 239.1 244.3 247.7 142 Norwegian Sea 277.3 276.0 277.6 273.2 270.5 272.7 274.3 273.1 271.8 270.8 272.5 276.1 276.5 271.4 270.2 272.3 271.7 272.0 273.1 276.2 274.9 273.1 270.6 268.4 272.7 271.2 269.4 272.1 272.0 269.5 266.7 144 Barents Sea 274.6 274.5 275.1 276.4 276.7 275.7 272.6 272.9 272.7 272.3 269.8 269.2 270.9 274.6 273.5 269.2 266.2 266.1 265.9 266.9 268.0 266.7 264.4 262.5 261.9 261.5 260.5 260.9 262.6 266.7 268.0 146 Kara Sea 270.2 270.8 270.9 270.8 271.3 271.4 271.7 271.8 273.0 273.2 273.8 273.5 271.3 270.2 270.5 271.3 271.2 268.5 266.0 265.5 267.0 268.9 268.6 267.7 268.2 268.8 267.8 264.8 261.3 259.3 260.4 148 Laptev Sea 266.2 264.6 265.3 265.4 266.5 266.6 265.0 261.8 260.1 261.6 263.6 266.0 266.7 266.2 265.6 264.9 265.8 263.3 261.5 262.4 262.2 259.4 261.7 262.9 260.4 260.1 263.4 263.6 260.8 254.7 251.1 150 East Siberian Sea 267.9 265.9 265.3 264.0 264.0 263.6 260.7 262.8 263.4 263.8 266.0 263.8 260.5 260.6 262.4 259.4 258.7 261.1 261.5 257.7 255.2 254.0 251.6 253.0 252.3 252.6 251.0 250.7 251.3 252.8 253.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.2 274.5 275.9 274.5 273.2 271.7 273.2 272.8 273.6 271.6 270.8 268.3 268.1 269.4 269.6 268.8 270.1 268.6 269.4 267.9 269.6 271.7 270.3 273.5 271.8 270.9 272.6 268.8 267.9 268.6 267.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.1 275.9 275.5 273.5 272.3 277.6 277.4 274.7 276.0 274.2 273.0 270.8 268.6 266.9 266.3 265.9 264.4 264.5 265.3 267.3 264.2 264.3 267.0 267.7 267.6 266.8 267.1 264.4 270.7 271.8 271.7